Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1941 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets and Commodores Triumpi

Jackets Hand Monroe First Loss Os Year Decatur Takes Early Lead To Score 42 38 Win Friday Night The Decatur Yellow Jacket*, play in* their l»**t l>all of the seanun Friday night handed the Monroe Bearkail their flrat lom of the year, 42 to 36. on the Decatur floor, Il was Monroe'* first defeat after nine consecutive triumph* for the aeaaon. ('riot drew first blood in last night’s encounter when he hit a, one-hander from the corner. Kickord tallied Decatur’* first point when fouled by ('rial and Heed connected on a one handed shot from the aide to put Decatur hi front to stay for the red of the ball game. The Yellow Jacket* dominated play throughout the flrat quarter, which ended with Decatur on top of a 13 to .1 count. Monroe cut this margin by only two point* In the second period and at half-time the Jacket* were on lop l>y a 22 to II margin. Decatur maintained It* martin through the third Mania and held a 30 to 23 lead a* the final period opened .Monroe failed to come clo»or than four points being th*final martin of victory for the Yellow Jacket*. Scoring for both team* wa* exceptionally well divided. Frui'hte topped the Jacket* with 10 point* and E ltoudel>u«h and Gilbert each tallied nine point* for the Bearkatz. .Monroe converted IS of 3n> free throw* and Decatur counted on I! of 25 foul ahot*. Decatur FG FT TP Reed f • I * Spahr, f 8 0(

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Saturday Commodore* at Huntington oikLynch, c ... 1 » 2 Andrew*, * ........ 3 0 4 Rlckord. * I i « I.lnn. f o o « Cochran, f 311 Fruchtw. * .......... 3 4 1« .McConnell, t ....... Oil TUTALH IS 12 42 Monroe R Roudehn'h. f .... 3 3 0 Crist. f 3 2 S Gilbert, c 17* Winteregg. * 2 3 7 A Koildebuah. g .... I 3 S Rich, f « 0 o Reef, g 0 •• 0 TOTAI.H 10 IS 3* Referee: Bair (Fort Wayne) Umpire: Agenbroad (Fort Wayne Preliminary Monroe 41, Decatur 20. ———q——Garrett Beats Berne In Overtime Tilt . Bears Drop 35-33 Decision Friday The Garrett Railroader* won a thrilling twopolnt overtime from the Berne Bear* on the latter* floor Friday night. 35-33., Hmurr, Garrett center, hit Into the extra period to win the tilt for hl* team after the score had been knotted at 33 all when the end of regular playing time. The Bear* led throughout moat of the tilt, falling In the final few mlnutee after holding a 11-point margin at one time. Pence led the winner*' offensive with 12 point*. ' Lehman and E. llalx-gger were beat for the loser* with nine each. 8.-m. FG FT TP la-hman. f 4 1b Sprunger. f 1 0 2 E. liabegger, r 4 1b Baumgartner, g 113 Goodin, a 3 0 6 Fluet klger. g 10 2 C. Habegger. g 10 2 Totals 15 3 33 Garrett FG FT TP Sapp, f 2 2 «| J'- ii< e. f . 5 2 12 Siniiir. <■ 3 3# Vanderhaach, g .10 2 It.line*, g 1 4 • Blatll. f . 0 0 0 porter, f .000 Total* .... . 12 11 35 Referee. Young (Auburn*, t'mpire, Farris tPortlandl. Berne 20. Garrett 15. Preliminary o -- -e General Electric Bowling Results »— — ♦ Induetrial League 200 acore* were the ruin rather than the exception In the G. E Industrial Bowling League; a 'ata! of | 17 double centurlo* were marked up. However, no one wa* able to Oscar l-ankenau took over the Inreach rhe coveted 600 serie* goal, dividual game honor* with a rousing 237 aa the league leading West * End Restaurant copped 2 of 3 from .Mutachler*. Fred Hoffman’* 226 wa* best for Mutschlers. Hez Cochran bad a big 231 and E. W. lainkenau a 224; but. In apite of their effort*, the G. E. Dodgers could win but one game from Doc'* Place; F. Wolpert’* 21# wa* the heat for Doc’a place. With Al Bchneider rolling a 223 ODDITIES of NEWS Hoh I ASLtY OF HAMMOND la.dwnirofamulc HAD A NIGRO ARRISTEO F 0«. LYNCHING HIS MULf BfCAUSP I IT W KIS l MAY WE ARREST YOUR attention and advise you that the temperature la expected to go below 120 degree* thia week. It mean* motor trouble ahead unleea you have your battery checked. Spark I plug* donned and all your autoelectrlc part* put In *hlp-ehape. I a

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and receiving vital assistance from his mate*, the G. E Rambler* won 2 of 3 from Burkes Adrian Burke came through with a 220 in a vain effort to spur hl* mates. 200 scores included: O. Lar.kenau 237; Zelt 2vS; Appelman 702: Ahr 2<tl. Mutachler 2H-3#9; Hoffman 236; Wolpert 219; Gelmer 2W; Cochran 231; E W. Lankeneu 224; Burke 220; Keller 211; LinJeman 245; luiurent flehueider 223. Standings — End of First Half. W L West End 24 » Mutschlers 30 18 Burk** 17 16 Doc's Place 18 17 Ramblers 12 21 Itodgers 10 23 Intsr-Oopartmsnt Lsagoe Joe Howard eatne througa with a 211 score to cop the high single game of the Inter-Department lamgue and lead the Rotors to 2 out of 3 wins over the Maintenance team Production won 2 of 3 frnn the league-leading Tester*. Assembly won 2 of 3 from tbo Switches. 200 score* included Howard 211, Leltz 201. Standings: W. L. Testers 20 10 Maintenance II 12 Assembly IS 18 Rotors 15 15 Production 11 1# Switches 7 17 — -o H. 5. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne Central 57, Fort Wayne North Side 21. Fort Wayne South Side 2#, Muncie Burris 22. Ossian 46. Bluffton 35. Auburn 34. Kendallville 26. Pennville 29. Portland 19. Huntington 36. Peru 29 Hartford City, 34, Columbia City 20. Huntertown 34. Hoagland 25. Jeffersonville 29, Lebanon 19. Logansport 33. Muncie Central 30. Lafayette 31. Kokomo 81. Huntingburg 89, Princeton 31. Bloomington 36, Martinsville 36

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. RECATUR. INDIANA

(overtime). Bedford 39. Mitchell 23. Washington 33. Franklin 22. New Castle 30, Richmond 26. Jaxper 35. Y'lncennes 26. Marlqn 36. Anderson 35. Madison 42. Scottsburg 11. College Basketball Notre Dutne 46. Michigan 40. Great laike* Naval Station 54. Purdue 39. Wabash 40. Ohio Wesleyan 37. Indiana State 40. Central Mlchigan 27. ißilll Geneva Cardinals Defeat Hartford Register 41-31 Win On Gorillas' Floor After being held to a 15-all tie at i half-time the Geneva Ca-dlnala grew stronger in the second half and decisively downed the Hartford Gorilla* Friday night, 41-31 on the latter’* floor. Bixler and Windmiller paced the victorious Cardinal* with 13 and nine points, respectively. A nstutz was best for the loser* with 11 points. Geneva FG. FT. TP. Bixler f 4 4 13 Windmiller f 3 3 9 Mabegger c 3 0 fli Miller g 2 15 Schlagen g 0 11 Stucky g 10 2 Neven g 2 2 6 Total* 15 11 41 Hartford W. Dubach f 3 17 Reggen f 0 0 0 Vanette c 0 0 0 Kistler g 2 0 8 L. Dubach g 3 17 Amstutz g 5 1 11 Meyer f 1 1 4 Bertsch c '....... 0 0 0 . Total* 13 5 81 Referee: Gaddis (Muncie) Umpire: Wampler (Muncie) Preliminary I Geneva 26. Hartford 13.

Kirkland Kangaroos Upset Bobcat Five Wells County Team Loses 38-30 Tilt The Kirkland Kangaroo* upset I the Lancaster Bobcat* from Well* county on the Kirkland hardwood Friday night, scoring a 3130 win. The victor* led throughout the major part of the contest. They were out In front 7-4 at quarter time. 24-10 at half-time and 27-24 at the end of the third atanaa. i Troxel. Beer and Cable paced the Kangaroo* with 13, 10 and nine points, respectively. Klpfer and Green led the losing Lancaster offense with 11 and eight point*. * Kirkland FG FT TP Cable, f 3 3 • Yaney. f 0 0 3 Klpfer. f 2 1 5 Moser, f 0 0 0 I Beer, c ............. 5 0 10 Baumgartner, c Son Troxel, g I 3 13 Arnold, g 0 1 11 llerachy. g 0 (» 0 TOTALB 15 fl 33 Lancaeter Green, f 3 2 R Vanditen. f 113 Gerber, f 1 2 4 Klpfer, c 4 3 11 Moser, g 0 0 0 Walah. r 1 2 4 Baniim g 0 0 0 TOTALS 10 10 30 I Paulding Quintet Defeats Spartans Pleasant Mills Loses To Ohio Team, 28-25 The Pleasant Mills Spartans ■ were unable to overcome a 10-polnt half-time lead piled up by the | Paulding. O. quintet at Paulding Friday night, dropping a N to 25 d«M-l*k>u to the Ohio quintet. Price and Keeler led the Buckeye* with 11 and 10 point*. Paulding FG. FT. TP. Rodeheffer f 0 11 Huebner f 1 o 2 Keeler c 4 8 10 Price g 4 3 11 Luca* g 11 11 Reilly f o i j William* f 0 0 0 Total* 10 ‘ # 23 Pleasant Milla Williamson f 3 17 Sapp f 113 Auguat c 3 0 4 Mcßride g 4 1# Smit ley g .............. m 10 2 Marta o o 0 Total* 11 | 25 Preliminary Paulding 1», Pleasant Mill* 17

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Commodores Win At Monroeville Friday Night Decatur Has Little Difficulty In Win Over Cubs, 31-27 11 The Monroeville Cub* threw a momentary acare Into the Commodore camp on the Allen county i floor Ft iday night, before the local* I turned in n 31-27 victory. The Zayner men were never nci tuaily in danger until late in the game, apparently being able to i pull away with eaae anytime It be- ■ came necessary. They slipped be- ( hind at 2-4 in the initial atanza but i jumped into a 10-4 lead at the end !of the quarter. At half time they i were out in front still further, I leading IS-I 0 Dave Terveer was mainly responsible for the first half margin. He contributed live Held goal* up to the midway mark. In the third , quarter, the Commie* eased up and the Cuba pulled to within four points at 31-17. At the offset of the final period the Commodore* atarted banging again and ran lheir lead up to seven point* at 2R-22 Here, however. Monroeville, made It* final desperate attempt for a win. narrowing the game to four point*. The Zaynermen from all appearance* were taking thing* ea*y In preparation for Saturday night'* encounter with the Ramblers at Huntington. Terveer, of course, was the outstanding offensive player. getting 13 markers. Holt house and Kuhnle bagged six each. R. Reynolds and Rheehan led the loser* with six point* each. Decatur PG FT TP Kuhnle. f 3 3 < Keller, f 3 0 4 i Terveer, c • 1 13 3 Shopping Days till Za ■ " J

IA Personal Message |to Christmas Shoppers U You still have time to do your Christmas shopping for that Man or 80y... and it shouldn’t be hard if you shop at this store. We know what he wants and can help you in your selection. We yj still have I Plenty of Merchandise | BOUGHT ESPECIALLY FOR llg THE CHRISTMAS SEASON fi AND STILL HAVE A I TV i Large Selection in Every Department ifi ' 8 Make M his M a Happy Christmas this year by giving him useful wearing apparel. Come in tor r night or the first of the week. We’ll be glad to r H serve you. I Vance & Linn

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Holt house, 3 0 • Welker, g ... ... I 0 8 Briede. g » 0 •> Totals 14 3 31 Monroeville FG FT TP 11. Reynold*, f*.. — 0 I 1 Meyer*, f I 3 4 R Reynolds, c 8 0 4 Rbeehan. g 8 8 4 Blauvelt, g ............ .... 8 1 5 Kllnker. f 0 o o Powelson, f 3 15 Total* 10 7 27 Referee. RIH* (Huntington). I'mplre. PeGan tHuntington). Prallminary Monroeville I*. Decatur 12. MANY NEWS STORIES COMTIWtItD mow FAOf ORR and burst into Game* Nov. 15. Paul T. Connell. 3#-year-old farmer whose car caused the crash, was later convicted of criminal negligence. Indiana's crime picture was one of the bloodiest in recent year*. A fantaatlc tale of mass murder began to unfold May 14 at Aurora when the bodies of five member* of the Johnson Argue family were found shot to death at (heir Dearborn county farm home. Vlrglnlu* tDink) Carter, 33. Illiterate son-in-law. was convicted of the mas* killing and sentenced to die In the electrle chair. Lurid, but les* fantastic, was the crime of Merrill Cozzle Jones, a west Terre Haute minister** son who ravished 12-year-old Edith Idelle Barton and then left her to die. Jone* wa* sentenced to a life term In the state prison. On July 5. Charles O. Mattingly, attorney-examiner of the stale public service commisiaon. wa* murdered a* he sat in the kitchen of a friend's home at Bloomington Interest In the affair sky rocketed when Mr*. Carolyn Payne, business manager of a Bloomington newspaper, wa* arrested and charged with Mattingly's death. She la yet to be tried. The year 1»41 also witnessed a renewal of Interest In Indiana's most famous court case the D C Stephenson case. The former klan leader sought for the 15th. and again unsuccessful time, to gain hla release from prison. In other fields. Indiana's new* year wax an nctive one also. Scores of cities and town* fell the effect of the mobilization of nntional guard units Into lhe regu lar army. A few months later, the same cities began organizing state guard units to take the place of lhe national guardsmen. A milestone In the career of one of the state's leading educational Institutions was marked May 1#

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